Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-06
GENERAL NOTES.

from Secretary Bayard.
GENERAL NOTES.
THE new mayor of Chicago has order
| ed the Withholding of licenses from
nearly $50 saloons already black listed by
the police.
The interstate commerce commission
is in session at Atlanta, to hear evidence
submitted by the railroads IN behalf of
| exemptions.
The directors of the Grant Monument
association of st. Louis have contracted
with Robert z. Bringhurst for a nine
! foot bronze statue to be delivered next
! year.
ABOUT eight hu2dred settlers are being
ousted by troops from the Crow Creek
reservation. A band of painted and
armed Indians is said to be following the
soldiers and celebrating the evictions.
THE remai1s of Alexander Mitchell
were, Tuesday, laid at rest in Forest
Home cemetery, at Milwaukee. The fun
eral procession was the largest ever seen
in that city. About 250 persons went
from Chicago by special train.
The Illinois house passed bill to pro-
hibit base ball playing on Sunday.
David L. Littler resigned his seat TO aci
cept place on the Pacific railway in
vestigating commission.
AFTE1. boring to a depth of 1,135 feet
at Lafayette, Indiana, for natural gas, a
strong vein of salt water was found, and
the enterprise was abandoned.
TIE condition of the winter wheat in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Kan
sas has improved during the past week,
although in some sections the need of
rain is still urgent. Spring wheat looks
promising in Iowa, Minnesota and Ne
braska.
In producing the memoirs of General
Grant, there were used gold leaf of the
value of S2l ,639, over 25 miles of cloth,
$4,000 skins, and 906 tons of paper. The
commissions paid to agents exceeded
100000.
Mr.. NASH, superintendent of the rail
way mail service, learned by his recent
trip the desirability of running the Lake
Shore fast mail cars into the Union
depot at Chicago, to avoid a transfer by
wagons at midnight and lessen the
chances of missing connections to the
westward.
Charles Summers Kindness.
Boston Record
DO remember Andrew j. Roberts?"
qSoth an old state politician. Eyes. He
had checkered career, poor man. But
with all his shortcomings he was bright
indeed a brilliant-man. He was q great
politician years ago, and not only took
extraordinary interest in the great quest,
tions of the day, but knew intimately all
the public men. He was well read, intelli
gent, and good talker, but he had
failing. He could not be depended upon
and at times was helpless.
He used to hang around the state rep
ublican headquarters from morning till
night throughout the campaign, and
campaigns lasted in those days nearly
five months. 1t was during the anti-slavery
days, when everybody was at the highest
state of excitment. L remember one day
in particular, when number of promin
enent politicians were assembled at head
quarters, among then Charles Sumner and
Henry Wilson. Sumner was in the rear
| room, Wilson in front. In walked Roberts
He talked in a loud voice and disturbed
| the whole assembly. STEPPING into the rear
| room he espied Sumner engaged in close
conversation with friend. Giving him
tremendous slap on the shoulder he
| shouted; D-you, Sumner, how are you?
| Why don't you be as hearty and genial as
| your friend Wilson,
The effect of this rough handling can
readily be imagined sby those who remem-
Der or have read of the dignihed and schol-
arly. 1t was not only shock, but an in
suit. Sumner said nothing. He realized
Roberts condition and wisely kept his
| place. Roberts was severely reprimanded
and turned out of the room.
1T was not long after this that Roberts
came to want and grief. He was actually
destitute. He looked hungry and was
poorly clad. In disQair he came to me one
day for advice. The big tears rolled down
his face as he told me how destitute and
degraded he was, and how he longed to
reform. l told him | had no work and ad-
vised him to go to Sumner.
$50 to Sumner he cried? ooh no | in
suited Sumner a short time ago. | can't
go"
Ives you can l said. Go to him just as
you have come to me. Tell him frankly
the whole story, and he will help you
"Roberts did as l advised. About 10
o'clock the next morning he buttoAed his
shabby coat around his neck, to hide his
flannel shirt, and made his way to the man
he had grossly insulted but short time
ago. Sumner it is we'll known was, was al
before IL o'clock. He recseved the un-
fortunate man kindly and inviting him to
break fas. listened patiendly to his story.
Roberts told me afterwards that that was
the first square meal he had eaten in
long time. In less than two days Roberts
was given a position in the navy-yard,
| and thence forward was a different man.
| When he told me his later experiauce
that morning his eyes filed with tears
and his lips trembled with emotion. 1t
was a magnanious act on the part of Sum
ner, and an outward expression of his
true character. 1t was the turning point
in Roberts carrier. Only a few months ago
he delivered one of the best temperance
speeches l ever heard in my life. Up to
the day of his death which occurred puite
recently he had great verneration for the
memory of Sumner, the man who was so
kind and generous to him in time of
trouble.